About The Role We're looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to provide end-to-end legal support across our group of companies, covering corporate governance, commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, and M&A; across multiple jurisdictions, with a particular focus on the UK, Cyprus, and the EU .
This is a high-ownership role where you'll build scalable legal processes, work directly with the founders, proactively improve how legal operations are run, and leverage AI tools to work smarter and more efficiently.
Your Mission Own legal processes end-to-end, designing and continuously improving scalable legal workflows.
Manage company incorporations and ongoing corporate maintenance across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK, Cyprus, the EU, Estonia, Poland, Latvia, and others.
Draft, review, negotiate, and maintain a broad range of commercial agreements, including: service agreements, white-label agreements, licensing agreements, partnership agreements, customer agreements, and other commercial contracts.
Ensure compliance with applicable UK and EU fintech and financial services regulations.
Support financial licensing processes and maintain relationships with banks and financial institutions.
Manage intellectual property matters, including trademarks and the Cyprus IP Box regime.
Support M&A; activities, including legal due diligence, transaction documentation, and coordination with external advisors.
Identify legal and regulatory risks and provide practical, business-focused legal guidance.
Maintain accurate corporate records and ensure legal documentation remains organised and up to date.
Collaborate with external law firms, corporate secretaries, accountants, auditors, regulators, and other partners.
Monitor regulatory developments and conduct legal research across relevant jurisdictions.
Partner closely with the founders, contributing to strategic decisions and driving improvements across legal and corporate operations.
Actively use AI tools
📌 Senior Legal Counsel (Madrid)
🏢 Fyst
📍 Madrid